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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Crops

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Africa

Floods in Nigeria destroy crops for 8.5 million people

Floods in Nigeria have devastated crops that could have fed 8.5 million people for six months, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation. Bloomberg News reports that the floods hit just as the harvest season began, submerging farmland in Africa's most populous country. Farmers, who expected a bumper harvest this year, have seen their groundnuts, vegetables, and rice fields flooded. Moreover, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has […]

todaySeptember 26, 2024 11

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Africa

Kenya floods: as the costs add up pressure mounts on a country in economic crisis

    By Timothy Njagi Njeru, Egerton University   There were early warnings that Kenya’s long rain season – between March and May – was going to bring above-normal rainfall. The extreme intensity of the rain has resulted in devastating floods in many parts of the country. Forty of the country’s 47 counties have been affected. More than 230 people have died and about 40,000 households, so far, have been […]

todayMay 10, 2024 25

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Business / Economics

We need a better understanding of how crops fare under solar panels, study shows

Farmers in Bihar, India, growing crops amidst solar panels. Image by C. de Bode/CGIAR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). By Ruth Kamnitzer via MongaBay The dream of agrivoltaics is to generate your electricity and eat your edamame too. But a recent study in Agroforestry Systems shows that agrivoltaics — growing food beneath solar panels — is not so simple. Research published in September finds that overall crop yields decrease when paired with solar panels and offers […]

todayJanuary 24, 2024 14

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Namibia

Warning Issued by Ondonga Traditional Authority Regarding Crop Damage

Frans Enkali, spokesperson for the Ondonga Traditional Authority, has issued a stern warning to residents with domestic animals in their communities. He emphasized the importance of preventing these animals from causing harm or destroying crops and urged residents to take responsibility for their care. Enkali highlighted that the traditional authority has observed instances where subsistence farmers allow their animals to roam freely without supervision, particularly during the rainy season. He […]

todayJanuary 15, 2024 18

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Agriculture ministry acquires land for Neckartal Dam’s second phase

The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform has acquired about 19 000 hectares for the second phase of the Neckartal Dam in the ||Kharas region. Responding to questions by Nampa on the progress of the second phase of the dam, the ministry said the land was acquired at a cost of close to N.dollars 19 million. The first phase was the construction of the dam wall, which was constructed […]

todayDecember 4, 2023 20

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Environment

The importance of keeping rainfall records

By Hanks Saisai, Technical Advisor: Crops & Poultry Namibia’s Central, North Central, Eastern, Southern, and North-Eastern regions received some rain showers marking the beginning of the 2023/2024 rainy season. Oftentimes, farmers get excited and carried away by the occurrence of rainfall as it is an essential resource that enables farmers to cultivate cereal grains like maize, pearl millet (mahangu) and sorghum. Additionally, rainfall replenishes vegetation (grasses, shrubs, forbs, and bushes) […]

todayDecember 4, 2023 13

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